A kids birthday...

                Ah birthdays.. The yearly event celebrated with wishes, cards, gifts, surprises and cake... Well for KIDS anyway. I can't help but wonder though if they were celebrated as actual BIRTHdays... Think about it. One day for mom every time she gave birth... So say if you're a mom and you have three kids, you would then have three days celebrated as your birthdays. It seems fair if you think about it.. If you've ever had children, then you know how UNFUN it is. And it's not just a day.. No, it's almost a whole year leading up TO a day. I mean kids get stuff ALL THE TIME for all kinds of reasons and some times for no reason at all. Moms have to wait for a holiday or birthday... Ok so then the father and children wouldn't have their own days... Ok, ok so maybe we all keep our own days BUT, I think that you should be able to do whatever you want on that special day. "But after a while, birthdays don't matter. It just reminds me how old I am!" WRONG! If you feel that way, then just do what I do.. Instead of getting a year older, I simply have "anniversaries" of a SPECIFIC birthday. For example, this last birthday of mine, I celebrated my 25th birthday for the third year in a row! Easy right? Yes! Today was my youngest daughters birthday and we did everything she wanted. Shockingly, we got off pretty easy! I had asked before how she would start her day on her birthday and she said "a spa day!". Easy! When I woke up this morning, I took my oldest daughter to get balloons, a spa mask, new bath bubbles, a back scratcher, new lotion and some other spa like stuff. We got home and set up everything. I was putting all of the stuff in a bag and my oldest daughter had the handful of balloons on their strings she was taking to the living room. All was good until from the other room I heard "Awe man! Dad! Why did you leave the fan on!!!" Greeeeaaaat... So I walk in and luckily only ONE of the balloon strings was eaten by the fan.. As quickly as I could I untangled the mangled string from the base of the ceiling fan while my husband kept the birthday girl out of sight for a few more minutes. I go back to bagging the rest of the stuff and setting up the living room "spa" for the my little princess. She was surprised! She ran in to the living room in her underwear and gushed over the banner and balloons around the room and then her eyes landed on the bag. She pulled out all of her stuff and said "Do I get a spa day?" "Yes baby!" All smiles from then on. She had her feet soaked, rubbed, a small shoulder massage, facial mask, nails and toes painted and we put her hair up with a little tiara. Then she says "Should I wear my birthday dress from last year?" Every year since she was two, her main thing she always asks for is a new dress. It's never a plain cotton dress. It has to look super special and "fancy" as she says. So, while we were out getting everything else, we stopped and found a blue silky satin like dress with ties and beads and little jewels in the middle of it. It was gorgeous. And when she asked me about the old dress I said "Yeah, I guess. But.. I don't know if it will still fit.." I told her I would go get it and told her to close her eyes. She opened her eyes to a new dress and I knew I did well when I heard her shrieking and jumping up and down. So cute... We started to watch Frozen at her request and after telling her that eventually we would make our way to Toy's R Us for her to pick out her gift, it didn't take that long for her to get completely restless and want to just GO. So we did. I was pretty sure we'd be walking out of there with something pink or girly like a new Monster High doll or something. We went through the whole store and looked at everything! Legos, Monster High, My Little Pony, Barbies, Dolls, and what do we walk out with... A giant two and a half foot submarine with two divers complete with missiles that really shoot AND a shark attack set with a great white shark, killer whale, two smaller sharks and another diver... I know right... Unexpected! I had to ask five times on the way up to the counter if that's what she really wanted.. And every time I was answered with an excited "yes!". It's a nice surprise but surprise just the same! After the toy store we grabbed some lunch and headed to the park where she ran with her sister all over the playground for nearly two hours. While they played, my husband and I sat in the shade at a picnic table. While we sat there I couldn't help but hear "CAWWW! CAWWW!" from up behind me... My first thought.. that damn bird from outside my window FOLLOWED me! And if not him specifically then it was a not so distant cousin! They were BOTH so ANNOYING! And he hung around for about 15 minutes! It was time to go... After the park we cooled off with giant slushies and went back home to bust out the new toys. Later there was a silly string fight and running around outside. I asked her what she wanted for dinner and it was simple.. Mac and cheese.. An easy pleaser today. LOVE IT! She had her exquisite cuisine and then we brought out the birthday cake complete with a number 6 candle and some sparkler accent calendars. It was chocolate just like she wanted and the look on her face as she scrunched her nose to make her wish was priceless. The best part was that she fully let me capture all parts with my camera with the sweetest smile all day. She told me more than once that it was a great day and she's very glad she's six now. I feel very accomplished for having a easy pleaser today! So even though it wasn't a day celebrating me giving birth to the beautiful little girl who fills my life with joy... It was me making that little girl feel like an absolute princess. And even though I've heard "It's my birthday so I get to do whatever I want right?" about 17 times, I will still give her her own day this day next year and every year after. (Plus, the more I do while they're young for THEIR birthdays, the more they will owe me for MY birthdays later on!) :) Happy Birthday baby girl! I hope your day was as wonderful as you said it was!!! (On a personal note, I am going to enjoy NOT doing everything all over again tomorrow... ) ;) -Super Mom